Compact passive cooling systems are used in a variety of market segments such as industrial automation, IoT gateways, medical systems, kiosks, surveillance and digital signage. These are intended to be deployed for 24×7 operation in difficult environmental conditions. The requirements of these segments are often ignored by traditional consumer PCs. Wide operating temperature range, durability, support for specific I / O types, etc. The absence of moving parts (fanless nature) reduces the likelihood of system failure.
Supermicro has some A system targeting this market Under the Embedded / IoT category. Their SuperServer E100 product line utilizes a 3.5-inch SBC form factor motherboard. E100-12T The lineup leverages the embedded Tiger Lake-U SoC to create a powerful yet compact and fanless system.
The SYS-E100-12T-H Based on the Intel Core i7-1185GRE, it is the best performing system in the lineup. The following review will take a closer look at the features and performance profile of the system, along with an evaluation of the thermal solution.
Introduction and impression of the product
Supermicro’s SYS-E100-12T series system Super X12STN3.5 “SBC board.. Each board is offered to end customers in two variations, one with an integrated heat sink and one without an integrated heat sink (WOHS). The SYS-E100-12T employs a Super X12STN-WOHS board and mounts inside a CES-E101-03 fanless case for this particular form factor board.
Processors for the embedded market reach end customers much later than their consumers’ corresponding processors. It has a long life cycle and a long certification cycle. Intel’s Alder Lake processor is already slowly coming into ultra-compact form factor systems, but Supermicro’s SYS-E100-12T is now widely available.
The SYS-E100-12T series is tagged as a SuperServer system, but the system does not use ECC memory. There is no separate BMC, but it’s not a surprise for machines based on 3.5-inch SBC boards. However, to make up for that, SYS-E100-12T-H supports vPro and remote management uses AMT. The system also supports Supermicro’s monitoring utility, SuperDoctor. This enables integrated Nagios for centralized infrastructure monitoring.
The SYS-E100-12T has a variety of I / O interfaces (2 NBASE-T (up to 2.5 Gbps) LAN connections, 4 USB 2.0 ports, serial ports, multiple COMs) to meet the requirements of the target market. Is equipped with. Support for ports, 4 USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (3 Type-A and 1 Type-C), and analog audio output, WLAN cards, and nanoSIM cards.
In addition to the console, Supermicro offers a lockable 12V 7A (84W) DC power adapter, thermal pads for board-mounted cards, mounting screws, and mounting hardware for your system.
The review sample included a 2x 32GB DDR4-3200SODIMM and a 240GB InnoDisk M.2 NVMe drive. The complete specifications of the review sample are shown in the table below.
| Supermicro SM-E100-12T-H specifications (Tested) |
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| processor | Intel Core i7-1185GRE Tiger Lake 4C / 8T, 1.8-4.4 GHz Intel 10nm SuperFin, 12MB L2, 15W |
| memory | Innodisk M4SE-BGS2OC0M-A DDR4-3200 SODIMM 22-22-22-52 @ 3200 MHz 2×32 GB |
| Graphics | Intel Iris Xe graphics (96EU @ 1.35 GHz) |
| Disk drive) | Innodisk M.2 (S80) 3TE7 DEM28-B56DK1EW1QF (256 GB; M.2 2280 SATA III;) (64L 3D TLC; InnoDisk ID301 controller) |
| networking | 2x 2.5 GbE RJ-45 (Intel I225-IT) |
| audio | Realtek ALC888S Audio Codec Onboard (optional audio jack, N / A in review system) Support for audio bit streaming over HDMI port |
| video | 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x HDMI 1.4b |
| Other I / O ports | 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (front) 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (front) 4x USB 2.0 (rear) Digital I / O (rear) via DB9 4x RS-232 COM (rear) |
| operating system | Windows 11 Enterprise (22000.708) |
| Pricing | (Street price on June 6thth2022) we $ 1216 (Barebones) US $ 1866 (As configured, no OS) |
| Complete specifications | Specifications of SupermicroSuperServer E100-12T-H |
Supermicro is in the process of increasing retail availability of the system. Currently, only one e-tailer has a list of products. The SM-E100-12T-H stands out among the embedded / industrial PCs we reviewed earlier. The presence of dual NBASE-T (2.5 GbE) and Type-C ports is a unique selling point. The motherboard used in the system is also very flexible.
The chassis is made of extruded aluminum and is quite heavy. The top of the chassis is mounted as a heatsink for the processor to dissipate heat quickly. Some pictures of the inside of the system are provided in the following galleries.
In the next section, we will review the system setup and perform a detailed platform analysis.
